Greek noun (feminine) · G2378
θυσία
thysiathoo-see'-ah
actively, an offering, sacrifice (Hdt., al.); Objectively, that which is offered, a sacrifice
28 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: thysía
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G2378is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 10 of 27New Testament books
- 7spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G2378
sacrifice (the act or the victim, literally or figuratively)
The King James renders it: sacrifice.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
thysia is rendered "actively, an offering, sacrifice (Hdt., al.); Objectively, that which is offered, a sacrifice". It stands 28 times in the Greek text, across ten books.
- Fifteen of the uses stand in Hebrews, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "actively, an offering, sacrifice (Hdt., al.)".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 9:13But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
- The Greek text spells it seven different ways.
The first use
But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
Matthew 9:13θυσίαν
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Fifteen of the word's twenty-eight uses are in Hebrews.
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: actively, an offering, sacrifice (Hdt., al.), and Objectively, that which is offered, a sacrifice.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| actively, an offering, sacrifice (Hdt., al.) | Tagged as
| WhereMatthew 9:13But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice… |
| Objectively, that which is offered, a sacrificeMat.9:13 12:7" (LXX) | Tagged as
| WhereMatthew 9:13But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice… |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| θυσιαστήριον | thysiasterion | altar | Uses23 |
All 28, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
7 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- θυσίαν11
- θυσίας9
- θυσίαις3
- θυσιῶν2
- θυσία1
- θυσίᾳ1
- θυσίαι1
The grammar of each form
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine singular11N-ASF
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine plural8N-APF
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine plural3N-DPF
- noun · genitive (“of”) · feminine plural2N-GPF
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singular1N-DSF
- noun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular1N-GSF
- noun · nominative (subject) · feminine plural1N-NPF
- noun · nominative (subject) · feminine singular1N-NSF
Matthew
two uses
But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
- θυσίανthusiannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: sacrifice;’
If only you had known the meaning of ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the innocent.
- θυσίανthusiannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: sacrifice,’
Mark
one use
and to love Him with all your heart and with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself, which is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”
- θυσιῶνthusionnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine pluraltagged: sacrifices
Luke
two uses
and to offer the sacrifice specified in the Law of the Lord: “A pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons.”
- θυσίανthusiannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: a sacrifice
At that time some of those present told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices.
- θυσιῶνthusionnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine pluraltagged: sacrifices
Acts
two uses
At that time they made a calf and offered a sacrifice to the idol, rejoicing in the works of their hands.
- θυσίανthusiannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: a sacrifice
But God turned away from them and gave them over to the worship of the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: ‘Did you bring Me sacrifices and offerings forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?
- θυσίαςthusiasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: sacrifices
Romans
one use
Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.
- θυσίανthusiannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: a sacrifice
1 Corinthians
one use
Consider the people of Israel: Are not those who eat the sacrifices fellow partakers in the altar?
- θυσίαςthusiasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: sacrifices
Ephesians
one use
and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God.
- θυσίανthusiannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: a sacrifice
Philippians
two uses
But even if I am being poured out like a drink offering on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with all of you.
- θυσίᾳthusianoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: sacrifice
I have all I need and more, now that I have received your gifts from Epaphroditus. They are a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, well-pleasing to God.
- θυσίανthusiannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: a sacrifice
Hebrews
fifteen uses
Every high priest is appointed from among men to represent them in matters relating to God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins.
- θυσίαςthusiasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: sacrifices
Unlike the other high priests, He does not need to offer daily sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the sins of the people; He sacrificed for sin once for all when He offered up Himself.
- θυσίαςthusiasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: sacrifices
And since every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices, it was necessary for this One also to have something to offer.
- θυσίαςthusiasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: sacrifices
It is an illustration for the present time, because the gifts and sacrifices being offered were unable to cleanse the conscience of the worshiper.
- θυσίαιthusiainoun · nominative (subject) · feminine pluraltagged: sacrifices
So it was necessary for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.
- θυσίαιςthusiaisnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine pluraltagged: sacrifices
Otherwise, Christ would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But now He has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of Himself.
- θυσίαςthusiasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: sacrifice
For the law is only a shadow of the good things to come, not the realities themselves. It can never, by the same sacrifices offered year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship.
- θυσίαιςthusiaisnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine pluraltagged: sacrifices
Therefore, when Christ came into the world, He said: “Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but a body You prepared for Me.
- θυσίανthusiannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: Sacrifice
In the passage above He says, “Sacrifices and offerings, burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not desire, nor did You delight in them” (although they are offered according to the law).
- θυσίαςthusiasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: sacrifices
Day after day every priest stands to minister and to offer again and again the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins.
- θυσίαςthusiasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: sacrifices
But when this Priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, He sat down at the right hand of God.
- θυσίανthusiannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: sacrifice
If we deliberately go on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice for sins remains,
- θυσίαthusianoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: a sacrifice
By faith Abel offered God a better sacrifice than Cain did. By faith he was commended as righteous when God gave approval to his gifts. And by faith he still speaks, even though he is dead.
- θυσίανthusiannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: sacrifice
Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise, the fruit of lips that confess His name.
- θυσίανthusiannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: sacrifice
And do not neglect to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.
- θυσίαιςthusiaisnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine pluraltagged: sacrifices
1 Peter
one use
you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
- θυσίαςthusiasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: sacrifices
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.